82 COMMON BRITISH ANIMALS 



the only wlial'e, we know, capable of accommodating 

 Jonah. 



Dolphins and porpoises, which often play about 

 our coasts, are also toothed whales, but they are 

 smaller in size and are distinguished chiefly by having 

 teeth in both jaws. Dolphins have numerous teeth, 

 while porpoises have twenty-six in each half of each 

 jaw. The name "porpoise" was originally " pork- 

 pisce" or "hogfish," and since it was regarded as a 

 fish, it was eaten during Lent. It is said that the 

 famous physician. Dr. Caius, of Henry Villus reign, 

 who extended Gonville Hall, Cambridge, and became 

 the first master of Gonville and Caius College, 

 invented a sauce to be eaten with the hogfish. 



